diff --git a/src/common/syncjournaldb.cpp b/src/common/syncjournaldb.cpp
index 610d85ddf..c745e7939 100644
--- a/src/common/syncjournaldb.cpp
+++ b/src/common/syncjournaldb.cpp
@@ -1161,57 +1161,6 @@ bool SyncJournalDb::getFilesBelowPath(const QByteArray &path, const std::functio
     return true;
 }
 
-bool SyncJournalDb::postSyncCleanup(const QSet<QString> &filepathsToKeep,
-    const QSet<QString> &prefixesToKeep)
-{
-    QMutexLocker locker(&_mutex);
-
-    if (!checkConnect()) {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    SqlQuery query(_db);
-    query.prepare("SELECT phash, path, e2eMangledName FROM metadata order by path");
-
-    if (!query.exec()) {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    QByteArrayList superfluousItems;
-
-    while (query.next()) {
-        const auto file = QString(query.baValue(1));
-        const auto mangledPath = QString(query.baValue(2));
-        bool keep = filepathsToKeep.contains(file) || filepathsToKeep.contains(mangledPath);
-        if (!keep) {
-            foreach (const QString &prefix, prefixesToKeep) {
-                if (file.startsWith(prefix) || mangledPath.startsWith(prefix)) {
-                    keep = true;
-                    break;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        if (!keep) {
-            superfluousItems.append(query.baValue(0));
-        }
-    }
-
-    if (superfluousItems.count()) {
-        QByteArray sql = "DELETE FROM metadata WHERE phash in (" + superfluousItems.join(",") + ")";
-        qCInfo(lcDb) << "Sync Journal cleanup for" << superfluousItems;
-        SqlQuery delQuery(_db);
-        delQuery.prepare(sql);
-        if (!delQuery.exec()) {
-            return false;
-        }
-    }
-
-    // Incorporate results back into main DB
-    walCheckpoint();
-
-    return true;
-}
-
 int SyncJournalDb::getFileRecordCount()
 {
     QMutexLocker locker(&_mutex);
diff --git a/src/common/syncjournaldb.h b/src/common/syncjournaldb.h
index f9992a71e..31e757a94 100644
--- a/src/common/syncjournaldb.h
+++ b/src/common/syncjournaldb.h
@@ -184,9 +184,6 @@ public:
      */
     void forceRemoteDiscoveryNextSync();
 
-    bool postSyncCleanup(const QSet<QString> &filepathsToKeep,
-        const QSet<QString> &prefixesToKeep);
-
     /* Because sqlite transactions are really slow, we encapsulate everything in big transactions
      * Commit will actually commit the transaction and create a new one.
      */
diff --git a/src/libsync/syncengine.cpp b/src/libsync/syncengine.cpp
index 718f8107c..6b063f775 100644
--- a/src/libsync/syncengine.cpp
+++ b/src/libsync/syncengine.cpp
@@ -417,7 +417,6 @@ void SyncEngine::startSync()
     _hasForwardInTimeFiles = false;
     _backInTimeFiles = 0;
     _seenFiles.clear();
-    _temporarilyUnavailablePaths.clear();
 
     _progressInfo->reset();
 
@@ -812,10 +811,6 @@ void SyncEngine::slotFinished(bool success)
         _journal->setDataFingerprint(_discoveryPhase->_dataFingerprint);
     }
 
-    if (success && !_journal->postSyncCleanup(_seenFiles, _temporarilyUnavailablePaths)) {
-        qCDebug(lcEngine) << "Cleaning of synced ";
-    }
-
     conflictRecordMaintenance();
 
     _journal->commit("All Finished.", false);
@@ -844,7 +839,6 @@ void SyncEngine::finalize(bool success)
     // Delete the propagator only after emitting the signal.
     _propagator.clear();
     _seenFiles.clear();
-    _temporarilyUnavailablePaths.clear();
     _uniqueErrors.clear();
     _localDiscoveryPaths.clear();
     _localDiscoveryStyle = LocalDiscoveryStyle::FilesystemOnly;
diff --git a/src/libsync/syncengine.h b/src/libsync/syncengine.h
index 1343fc493..ac41798ac 100644
--- a/src/libsync/syncengine.h
+++ b/src/libsync/syncengine.h
@@ -231,21 +231,9 @@ private:
     QScopedPointer<DiscoveryPhase> _discoveryPhase;
     QSharedPointer<OwncloudPropagator> _propagator;
 
-    // After a sync, only the syncdb entries whose filenames appear in this
-    // set will be kept. See _temporarilyUnavailablePaths.
+    // List of all files we seen
     QSet<QString> _seenFiles;
 
-    // Some paths might be temporarily unavailable on the server, for
-    // example due to 503 Storage not available. Deleting information
-    // about the files from the database in these cases would lead to
-    // incorrect synchronization.
-    // Therefore all syncdb entries whose filename starts with one of
-    // the paths in this set will be kept.
-    // The specific case that fails otherwise is deleting a local file
-    // while the remote says storage not available.
-    QSet<QString> _temporarilyUnavailablePaths;
-
-
     QScopedPointer<ProgressInfo> _progressInfo;
 
     QScopedPointer<ExcludedFiles> _excludedFiles;